Christian Jagodzinski had been promised he would have a working Internet connection when he arrived at the villa he was renting for ‚¬50,000 a month in St. Tropez five years ago. Instead, what he found on the desk was a modem still in the box and a dead line. It was the last straw. So […]

Iraq is now the second-most unstable country in the world, a private survey finds, its standing deteriorating from last year’s fourth place on a list of the 10 nations most vulnerable to violent internal conflict and worsening conditions.
In the third annual “Failed States Index,” analysts for Foreign Policy magazine and the non-profit Fund for Peace […]

Moscow remains the most expensive city in the world for expatriate staff, according to a survey released today by British human resources firm Mercer HR. But the study saw London leap three places from fifth to second in the last 12 months, with Seoul in third, followed by Tokyo and Hong Kong.
 
The cheapest city was Paraguay’s […]

Based on several polls over the past year, a pattern has emerged. It seems that Austin Texas is consistently ranked high up on practically all categories from all sources.
Ranked
1st - Best Big City Places to Live MSN House & Home
1st - Best City for Hispanics (2004) Hispanic
2nd - Best Large City for Relocating Families Worldwide ERC & Primacy Relocation
3rd […]

Amid record gas prices and a slumping housing market, 37% of Americans are not planning to vacation this summer while 35% are planing a weekend getaway.
Only 13 percent of those surveyed said they planned to travel outside the United States this summer, which is even weaker than the 15 percent of Americans who intended to travel […]

Next time you book your vacation rental holiday, you may want to check whether or not they have a computer or laptop with internet connectivity available for your use.
A recent survey conducted by AP-Ipsos revealed that 1 out of every 5 vacationer brings their laptop with them on their vacation. 80% bring their mobile phone.
 
Nineteen percent said […]

Modern Bride Magazine recently posted the following question to their readers… “Where is the best place to go on your honeymoon?”. Some may also infer this question to mean, what is the most romantic destination for your honeymoon.
Here are the results of this open ended question in order of reader preference. 
1 Hawaii
2 Italy
3 Tahiti
4 Anguilla
5 Fiji
6 […]